Multi Switch Shutdown Script!

cotton

Ok,

I reinstalled Retrosmc and that made it work. Works like a charm; if I had a way, id buy you both a drink.

cyperghost

@denisuu I lift your OSMC modification into first posting. Glad you compiled raspi-gpio to OSMC

vivesladron

Hi, noob here
I don't undestand 4 and 5 steps:

Now edit ES autostart with nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh and add script to like ....
/home/pi/RetroPie/scripts/multi_switch.sh --nespi+ & but BEFORE the last line emulationstatio #auto

What I need if I want to make a power off option in retropie menu?

Thanks

cyperghost

@vivesladron What do you want to do?

vivesladron

@cyperghost I want to do that

but using your script

cyperghost

@vivesladron then change the delieverd scripts from YouTube with calls according to help in multi_switch e.g. bash /path/to/multi_switch.sh --es-restart & to restart ES properly.

vivesladron

Ok
I designed my power button menu

And I edited es_systems.cfg
<system>
<name>power</name>
<fullname>Power</fullname>
<path>/home/pi/RetroPie/scripts</path>
<extension>.rp .sh</extension>
<command>/home/pi/RetroPie/scripts/multi_switch.sh --es-poweroff</command>
<platform/>
<theme>power</theme>

Is that a good option to do it?
Will it save metadata and shutdown the system?

How can I run it directly without the next screen?

Thank you!

Drakaen391

try changing the path to the full path to the script, to see if that works

vivesladron

@Drakaen391 Thanks I’ll try that

cyperghost

@vivesladron Do following

on es_systems

<system>
<name>power</name>
<fullname>Power</fullname>
<path>/home/pi/RetroPie/scripts</path>
<extension>.sh</extension>
<command>bash %ROM%</command>
<platform/>
<theme>power</theme>

Then put your script files into /home/pi/RetroPie/scripts

nano "/home/pi/RetroPie/scripts/PowerOff.sh

#Poweroff Script by cyperghost
/home/pi/RetroPie/scripts/multi_switch.sh --es-poweroff &

nano "/home/pi/RetroPie/scripts/Restart ES.sh"

#Restart EmulationStation by cyperghost
/home/pi/RetroPie/scripts/multi_switch.sh --es-restart &

That should work.

vivesladron

@cyperghost

That’s perfect
Thanks!

What if I want only poweroff by pressing just once from the power menu?

I didn’t check @drakaen391 suggestion yet

cyperghost

@vivesladron

What if I want only poweroff by pressing just once from the power menu?

Not possible - therfore someone has to change the code of EmulationStation.
You've got the same behaviour with KODI. One file to start but you have to enter the "system" and to start the single "ROM" file ;)

vivesladron

@cyperghost
I'm running the ROMs from a USB drive and I'm having problems with the scripts

/home/pi/RetroPie/scripts/PowerOff.sh: line 2 /home/pi/RetroPie/scripts/multi_switch.sh: Permission denied

I tried with chmod +x but no difference
Do you know how to fix it?

Thanks

cyperghost

@vivesladron Shure... just add bash command inside the scripts

so it will look like
bash /home/pi/RetroPie/scripts/multi_switch.sh --es-restart &

vivesladron

@cyperghost

So easy!
Thank you!
:)

Rion

@cyperghost Hi! Is your script compatible with mini-mods NesPi Fan Controller?

Github link to the script

Efriim

I really appreciate this script and have used it since before I registered to the forums here.

Since I have had the same retropie build for a while and I uninstalled two or three other shutdown scripts before installing this one.

I like that I can exit the dreamcast emulator without having to use the controller. I was wondering about when I press the reset button to do this. I get this error:

rc.local[__]: /opt/RetroFlag/multi_switch.sh: line 63: kill: (___) - No such process

Is this normal behavior, and can I fix it?

I was also wondering about the fan_shutdown additional script.
When I turn my pi off, say using the Emulationstation menu to shutdown; the fan always stays on until I hit the switch on my case; Was the fan_shutdown script meant to turnoff the fan in that usage? If so what do I need to do to get it to work properly?
Thanks, @cyperghost

cyperghost

@Efriim This could happen if the kill command fails because the PID was closed already and the kill commands leads to a already closed process.
You can add a > /dev/null 2>&1 to python script in rc.local to get rid of it.

The fan script is needed for some old NESPi cases. Some users report the fan is still blowing without it. So your description sounds like that it can help in this case. I've a SNES case and I do not need it.

Efriim

@cyperghost
I think I didn't describe the fan concisely. I was suggesting that the fan should be shutdown with the system e.g. sudo poweroff, and without having to get up and hit the powerswitch. What you say makes sense, that the fan wouldn't shutdown even when hitting the power switch on some cases.
I have Retroflag MegaPi Case.

cyperghost

@Efriim You may add the shutdown script according to the github description

Install fan_shutdown script: cd /lib/systemd/system-shutdown/ && sudo wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crcerror/ES-generic-shutdown/master/shutdown_fan && sudo chmod +x shutdown_fan
Install raspi-gpio with sudo apt install raspi-gpio
The shutdown_fan is setted to GPIO4 as standard
Therefore you might edit with sudo nano /lib/systemd/system-shutdown/shutdown_fan

The script will be executed miliseconds before shutdown and will cut off power and stops the fan from everlasting blowing.